May Kay from Fight Like Apes talks to hotpress.com's Elaine Hughes about her and the band's 2007.
Also watch the celebrated video for Lend Me Your Face made in Spring 2007 by the Tisch NYU/Hot Press progamme.

Armed with a sense of humour and a willingness to take the kind of risks other bands shy away from – check our cover shoot if evidence is needed – Fight Like Apes are among the few Irish bands who seem to go looking for trouble. In addition to wrestling with their fans, dissing their mates and merrily using the word ‘cunt’ in a song, the title of their new album alone might just land them in jail. With a bit of luck, that is.

A snappy first taster of the kind of glorious punk we can expect from the as-yet-untitled second Fight Like Apes long player, the marvellous 'Hoo Ha Henry' sees front lady extraordinaire MayKay in tiptop vocal form. Soon-to-be a FLApes classic. You just watch.

Ireland’s premier Obnoxious Pop combo are promising to round off the year with a very special gig. Fight Like Apes will be bringing a wrestling ring into The Academy for a fight night of body-slamming, gut-grappling, seconds out, no holds barred electronic punk rock.

Hailing from Dublin and weighing in at over six hundred pounds, the Fight Like Apes experience is a chaotic clash of electronics and rock, topped off with a frontwoman who can soothe and confront in equal measures. As debuts go, ‘How Am I...’ is a serious achievement, a kaleidoscope of different ideas that somehow manages to hang together and forge its own identity. Most impressive of all, amongst the madness lie three genuinely great songs that – the odd swear word aside – could grace daytime radio with no bother. They’re pretty much everywhere over the coming months, not to see them at least once would be a crime.